The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL OTTOMAN SIX per CENT. LOAN j_ of 1862 for .£8,000,000. —Notice is hereby given, that, in conformity with the stipulations contained in the general bond relating to this loan, the following numbers of BON DS, to be paid off at par on the ist of January next, were this day DRAWN, at the Imperial Ottoman Bank, in the presence of Etienne Musurus Bey, Secretary of the Turkish Embassy, on behalf of his Excellency Musurus Bey, Ambassador Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, of representatives of the Ottoman Bank, and Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., the joint agents of the loan, and of the undersigned notary : NUMBERS OF BONDS. ;15 Bonds, Nos. 124 554 1134 1491 1864 2255 265 553 1327 1493 0,9 2340 324 652 1446 1537 2070 2413 325 745 14.8 1594 2102 591 760 1483 1790 2213 For £l,OOO each .. 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Countersizned—W. W. Venn, jun., Notary Public. London, November 16, 1804 Now ready, price twopenct , , FUN ALMANACK for 1865, full of C3mic Engravings and Humorous Writing. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING Saturday), the performances will com mence with YOU KNOW WHO. Followed by Gounod's Grand Opera, FAUST. Margarita, Miss Louisa ryne ; Faust, Mr. Sims Reeves. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Private Boxes, from 10s. Ed. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, 98. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; rit, 28. 61. ; Gallery, Is. Box Office cpen from Ten till Five. No charge for booking places, nor fees to box-keepers. TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE,- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. Igessre. G. Be'more, Fitzjames. G. %Ves on ; Misses Helen Roward and R. Leclercq, Mrs. Vandenhoff, Mrs. C. Melville, After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of M ACBETII. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, It. ltoxby, G. Belmore, A Rayner, F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, dte ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss J., elen Faueit. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After Which, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; ,Mesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, &c. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliarn, And OUR MARY ANNE. 3liss 11. Lindley, Mr Clarke. To commence at. 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Under the sole management of Mr. Pechter. _ THIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fan, tl.e King's Butterfly, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid dieomb, Ch rle4, M'intyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, C iliord, Collett; Misses Carlot a Lez.lercq, M. Henrade, E. avenue, and B. Lavenue. - Preceded, at 7, by NUR3EIC CHICKWEED. Messrs. 11. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue,ML s. Lee. Doors open at half-past G ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Eh.v.n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. NW" THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman. After which, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Peg Wcffington. Mrs. Stirling (their original cha racters); Messrs. Biliington, tt. Phillips, P. Bedford, Stuart, Eburne, C J. Smith, and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with THE COLLEEN BAWN. Myles (with songs), Mr. John Collins. Messrs. Billingto', it. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne, R. Romer, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss IL Simms, Mrs. Biilington, and Mrs. H. Lewis Commence at 7. 11 , 0YAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINEN r TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD AND THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Frank Matthe ns ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. Palgrave Simpson. enti tled SYBILLA ; or, STEP BY STE Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddlson Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOODOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. MISS ADAH ISAACS MENKEN, whose graceful and classic beauty, transcendant his trionic power, and heroic amazonian courage, form the DeLillie tripod from which the inspiration of her genius throws a new spell even on Byron's MAZ EPPA, and who delights and enchains the Old World as she has astounded and enthralled the New, appears in her great impersonation of MAZEPPA EVERY NIGHT at ASTLEY'S. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. dirs. Swanborough. TIM EVENING. WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor ,ugh and Manders. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, dc o. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. W . MOSES AND S 0 N 11 J• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. 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Top 245. 11 Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke ma. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, :an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by RENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA:.—Morning, sh. 30m.—Afternoon, sh. 54m. To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 16m.—Afternoon, Oh. 40m, LO NDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 1864. We have heard a great deal about the injustice and illegality of the Confederate proceedings in having ships of war built in English ports, and thus infringing the rights and duties of a neutral nation. Candid and impartial observers, however, will be inclined to attach a good deal more import tance to the enlistment of recruits under false prey tences, especially when such recruits are subjects of a neutral Power, and when a system of wholesale enlistment under these circumstances is directly contrary to the law. There is no comparison as to the relative importance of ships and men in a military point of view, since very certainly the one could not be used without the other; but however anxious the Confederates may be for a fleet of Alabamas, the North are ten times more eager for recruits. They cannot fill their armies with negro regiments, and white men grow day by day more reluctant to enter a service in which all the ames nities of more civilised warfare seem to be alto gether thrown aside. The waste of life which has been going on for the last four years must be replenished somewhere, and every fresh effort proves how hopelessly inadequate GRANT'S present forces are to cope with LEE. When even President DAVIS directs the greater portion of his address to urging upon the Secessionists the paramount duty of joining the ranks, it is not much wonder that the Northern armies, filled with no such pre vailing sentiments, animated by no such unanimous spirit, and driven by no such stern necessity, should be waning rather than waxing. Yet LINCOLN is by no means disposed to abandon the war, and as the 90 days show no prospect of coming to an end, some thing must be done to provide food for powder. Forced conscriptions might be dangerous in the present temper of New York, and, even if they were possible, they could not be resorted to often enough to keep up the steady supply necessitated by the frequent recurrence of battles in which a loss of four or five thousand men is thought little of—to say nothing of the constant drain of life going on by skirmishing, exposure, and disease. Looking out for a remedy, it is not surprising that the Washing ton Cabinet should have turned its eyes in the direction of the much-abused British islands, where strength and spirit are plentiful enough, and labour to be had for the asking, while the identity of lan guage is naturally a great recommendation. It is true there was the little difficulty about the Foreign Enlistment Act, but that was easy to get over with such complaisant friends in the Cabinet ; and the result of their cogitations has been the establish• ment of regular agencies in some of our principal seaport towns, in which the unwary are entrapped, either knowingly or unknowingly, into the ranks of the Federal service. This is pretty well for a country which is so sensitive as to the obligations of neutrals as to object to unarmed vessels leaving her shores for a neutral port and a neutral pos sessor, and considers itself bound to act upon the presumed intentions of that possessor, and the probable destination of such vessels. Com plaints have been made, and with good cause, o. the forced or deceptive enlistment of Irish emi grants; but it seems either that the Hibernians have become more difficult to entrap, or that their num bers fail to supply the amount required, for English men are now called in to supply the deficiency. A vessel has been detained at Liverpool, carrying 200 young men from from Ashton and London to New York under very suspicious circumstances. They had been engaged as " glassworkers," a convenient travelling name; but it is stated that Zwo young men, who have since left the vessel, assert that they were offered commissions in the Federal army. 01 course, nothing is as yet certain, and the matter will be thoroughly investigated before the borough magistrates, but the affair bears a suspicious appear ance as yet. The chief constable of the district called the attention of the magistrates of Ashton under-Lyne, a few days since, to a system which is said to be carried on of engaging young men to go to New York on this same pretext of glass works. Eighty young men left on Tuesday night, and the chief constable had reason to suppose they were draughted for the Federal army. It is not stated whether these eighty formed part of the 200 on board the Great Western, but the principle is the same. These young men knew iiothing of the trade for which they were engaged, yet they were offered fifteen dollars a month, and this to poor and, in some cases, penniless men, was of course a power ful incentive. What particular sort of "glass work" it is, is not specified, but requires those en gaged in it to have sound front teeth. It is high time that the matter was looked into, for, according to a comtnutication which appeared yesterday in the columns of a csntemporary, these agents are carry ing on the system in London itself, advertising in metropolitan journals under specious pretexts. We trust the magistrates of Ashton will inquire very closely into these suspicious proceedings, and that the Government will show as much commendable anxiety to preserve the neutrality of England intact in this case as in the instances of the Alexandra co country ntr and the ra ms . W hatever may be the fortunes of our cotton h h a n t de Should b s; i t is certainly esent t noto d thee in wish thek ofra ranks the y that s of this cruel and profitless war. Meetings are now the order of the day, and no one can complain of not having sufficient to break the monotony and enliven the tediusi of this dull season of the year. Froni whatever cause it pro ceeds, it is certain that the C.matrvative s are more on the alert, and have contrived t collect their forces in greater array than their opponents. Within the last week there have been two at Essex and at Worcester, where they have come out in full force, and where some of their speakers have distinguished themselves by the display of consi derable eloquence in discussing public affairs at home and abroad: At Malden, Mr. PEACOCKE made a speech on the American War, which is well worthy of attention, and may furnish some hints to those who cling to their old prejudices in the con sideration of the circumstances attending the dis astrous conflict that desolates the Continent of America. The hon. member began by stating that in this war there were matters that materially affected the honour and interests of England. The honour is marked in the constant threats that are made touching the invasion of Canada, and the in terests are concerned in the sufferings which the war has inflicted upon the people of this country. They who have attentively studied the subject, and even those who are only partially informed, will concur in the opinion of Mr. PEACOCKE that " a more hopeless and purposeless war was never waged in the history of the human race than that which rages in America." With respect to the election of the PRESIDENT, there is great truth in his remark that little is to be hoped, for those about LINCOLN are so involved in nefarious and illegal acts that they will move heaven and earth to secure his re. election by foul means if not by fair. The truth of this will now be proved, but in the meantime there is a fair show of reason in it. It would have been well, indeed, if three years ago the South had re. sorted to the measure of calling out the blacks. This, as Mr, PEACOCKE said, would have been most effectual, and also the step would have proved beneficial in other respects. In the first place, such a thing is virtually an Emancipation Act, and, besides, it will enable them to carry on the war with vigour. Mr. BRIGHT will doubtless be very indignant to hear that loud cheers greeted the declaration of the speaker that it would be for the interest of England and the interest of civi. lisation that the South should succeed. This he set about to demonstrate in a practical fashion, and succeeded in showing his meaning that must carry conviction to the minds of all not hopelessly wedded to orposite views from partiality, prejudice, and deeply rooted preconceived ideas, that subsequent events have not had power to root up or modify. It is certain that it is no exaggeration to state that the tone of the United States has been insufferably arrogant; and also few can deny that a climax has been reached by the piratical act of capturing the Florida. This dastardly achievement of an unscru pulous and dishonest foe was properly denounced and forcibly stigmatised by Mr PEACOCKE. Without entertaining a very particular respect for the honourable sentiments which actuate the American people or its navy, he adds emphatically that " any man of that service will be unworthy of the epaulettes which he wears, and ought to be con demned to social ostracism who does not promptly resent such a nefarious act." Would that there was a chance of such occurring, but judging the present by the past, we have only too much cause tolear that the man who so disgraced himself before civilised nations will be will be welcomed and applauded at home. The de. generate descendants of the Anglo-Saxon race, who boast of their skill and foresight, are wanting in that which is the one thing needful for a powerful nation—the spirit of rectitude. Mr PEACOCKE'S de• sire that the States to which the Government of the United States have accredited their representatives should refuse to retain these representatives until due reparation be made, is not likely to prove more feasible, bat it is, nevertheless, a matter of satisfac don to hear any one discourse so boldly on subjects !hat are generally put aside and smuggled over in stead of being denounced in the strongest terms that language can employ. The hon. member has done credit to himself and reflected honour on the country by having the courage to speak out his convictions, and the more his example is followed the better it will be for our consistency as a first-rate Power, bound to uphold the precepts and practice of that morality which should characterise all civilised nations. At Wor. nester, another Conservative candidate for the approaching election came forward. At all events no one can say that due preparations are not being made by that party for the great electoral strife which will commence when Lord PALMER STON gives the signal, and we may fancy some desponding adherent of the waning splendours of the present regime, apostrophising the succeeding apparitions of a hostile form, as did he who asked of those who raised the curtain of futurity, if the line before him would last till the rack of doom. All the proceedings that have taken place in regard to the association at Worcester fully prove the verity of the fact, that Mr. ALLSOPP alluded to as the result of their success, " Union is strength." This has been shown how many times and oft in the various political and social endeavours that are originated and carried out with more or less success. he result of the efforts of this Society at Wor cester is an encouragement to all who persevere steadily to the attainment of their object, and the example thus set might with advantage be followed by some on the other side. The zeal and energy which the Conservatives and their friends have displayed in following the advice of their former leader, Sir ROBERT PEEL, in this matter of regis tration, is an earnest of the spirit in which they are preparing for the fray. Real Liberals, not those place mongers who take up the name as a cry that may serve them in good stead, will be glad to find such energy apparent ; we have had enough of torpor and suspension in the political world at home, and either the zeal of their opponents will push on the Government to action, or else, which would perhaps he a more fitting retribution, they may have to give place to those who cannot be more unwilling, and may prove more capable to inaugurate the necessary changes that the exi gencies of the times may require in the mechanism and management of the domestic politics of the country, to say nothing of a foreign policy more consistent with the dignity, and more congenial to the spirit of this great nation. Lord GRANVILLE observed with some truth the other day that there has been a kind of epidemic this autumn among public speakers with regard to national education and public schools, Almost every orator, politician, or speaker of any class who has addressed the public within the last few months has thought fit to touch upon this fashionable topic, and certainly the occasion on which the noble lord was then addressing his hearers—the presentation of certificates and pries to the successful candidates 41 the Oxford Local Examinations—was not one on which it could be overlooked. The noble earl, who from his position and his tastes is alike identified with the cause, went at some length into the diffi cult and complicated question, although ho refrained from committing himself to the support or condem nation of any particular scheme. On some points, indeed, he expressed a - decided opinion, and in most of these he will be upheld by the common sense of the country. lie objected alike to the views of Mr ARNOLD and of Mr LOWE in the extreme length to which those gentlemen carried them—the one re commending a system of national education for the upper and middle classes, and the other, on the THE r LONDON,w SATURDAY EVEAING, 'NOVEMBER 19, 1864. ontrary , being inclined to abandon the whole eye• tern of endowments. Happily neither of these very questionable reforms would be easily put in practice, for while Englishmen are especially opposed to the centralising system, so popular on the Continent, which gives the governing power a voice in the minutest and most private affairs; they are likewise jealous of abandoning old privileges and customs gnd traditionary glories of a University education. Seeing, also, as Lord GRANVILLE said, that there are educational endowments to the annual value of £300,000 in this country, it is certainly desirable that they should be put to the best and most pro fitable use. In the same enlightened spirit following that via media, which is usually the safest and wisest course, the noble President of the Council, while deprecating the exclusive pu:suit of ancient study to the neglect of more modern and profitable know ledge, warmly advocated the retention of classical literature as a means of education. The whole question, he very truly said, is one of degree, and another speaker at the meeting added a wise sug gestion to the Commissioners, by remarking that our language was so largely recruited from the Latin, that a knowledge of that tongue was almost indispensable to a scientific student, while to a member of the professions of law, theology, or wedi cine it was actually necessary. The question really is, in the words of Lord GRANVILLE, how " to bring into harmony the advantages of the old classical literature and its elevating influence upon the mind and taste,with the knowledge of surrounding things, which is necessary not to one class alone, but to all classes, in the present generation." This is a pro. blem yet to be solved, but there is no reason why it should be inscrutable, and the labours of the Com mission should be directed rather to the end of har monising the best points of the two rival theories than to the exclusive exaltation of the one. With all its faults, our public school system has worked well hitherto, and while it is unquestionably true that to keep pace with the requirements of the age, men must enlarge their sphere of learning in early life, it should likewise be borne in mind that modern students more especially need the tempor ising and refining influence of the old forms of classic study, and that it will be necessary to retain all the influences of poetry and art to soften the asperities of our iron age. ATLANTIC STEAMERS. On Thursday afternoon the new Canard steamer Cuba, Captain Stone, arrived in the Mersey from Glasgow, where she was built and launched in July last. The Cuba is an iron screw vessel, sister to the China. In length the Cuba measures 350 ft. over all; she is 42ft. Gin, in moulded breadth of beam, and is 28ft. deep. She is of 2,700 tons - builders' measurement, and is propelled by two oscillating engines, furnished with surface condensers, and having cylinders 82in. in diameter, with a piston stroke of 6ft., giving a result of 600 horse power. With this power, small compared with the great bulk of the vessel to be driven through the water, she, on the occasion of her Admiralty trial, accom plished the distance between the Cloch and Cum brae Lights, 13.666 nautical, or 15.741 statute, miles in little more than an hour, both ways, as it happened, against the tide. This, however, gives little indication of her speed, for, in addition to her steam rower, the ship is full masted and sparred, carrying a great stretch of canvass. She is fitted up in the most approved manner, and has accommo dation for 300 first-class passengers. She was built by Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, of Meadowside. She sails for New York on the 3d of next month.— On Tuesday last the new Inman steamer City of Boston was launched from the yard of Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, at Meadowside, Partick. Her dimensions are :—Lsngth of keel and forerake, 305 ft.; breadth of beam, moulded, 39ft. ; depth, 271 t, Gin. ; tonnage, 0.31., 2,278, The hull is built in six watertight compartments. The propelling power will be supplied by a pair of direct-acting trunk engines of 350 horse power. The cylinders will have a diameter of 36in., with a stroke of 3ft. ; and the engines will be fitted with patent surface condensers. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Oct. 15. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 12th Oct. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Sept. 17 , Oct. 15, 1864. 7 87201 £168,519 18 61. Increase. Decrease 2,971,725, 3,172,435 20.),710 Joint-stock Banks 2, 758 , 886 1 2,885936. 97,050 -----,--- _ . I B r a i n v k ate of B E a n n g k la s nd... 20,618,682 20, Total in England. 26,379,2931 26 ,545,5721 1 463,279 Scotl a nd 4,174,356 4,298,345' 123,9891 Ireland 5,325,0731 5 ,811,984 986,9.1 f United Kingdom 1,071,179 I LATEST INTELLIGENCE• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. PETERSBURG, Nov. 19. The Peteriburger Deutsche Zeitung of to-day says that the visit of the Czarewitch to Rome was without political importance in the sense of a better understanding between Russia and Rome. The relations between the two courts are un changed since the last encyclical letter of the Pope. ITALY. TURIN, Nov. 18. The Chamber of Deputies has, by adopting an order of the day, summarily rEjected the various resolutions proposed by some of the members. The discussion of the articles of the treaty will ba concluded to-morrow, when the voting also will probably take place. News from Verona announces the despatch thence of troops to the Tyrol. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 19. Herr von Bismark has addressed a circular note, dated Nov. 16, to all Prussian Consuls, instructing them to treat all vessels belonging to the Duchies, which have passed into the possession of the Great German Powers, as Prussian vessels. The circular further states, that such vessels are to pay the same dues as Prussian shipping. SPAIN. MADRID, NOT. 19. The Queen of Spain has bestowed upon the sufferers by the inundations at Valencia the sums destined to celebrate her Majectyrsfele. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 18.—The market continues firm, in spite of a fall of y in Consols. Threes, for the Account, are now at 64f. 95c,, and Mobilier at 885 f, Railway Market quiet. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents. 92 40 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 65 05 Credit Mobilier 892 50 Do. end month B9l 25 Bank Shares 3470 Credit Foncier 1175 Roman 74 I Italian Loan 65 35 Do. end month 65 50 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican 52 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 47 Home Debt Deferred RAIL Orloam Northern .... 'AIM Cash. Account. 838 75 .. 840 -- 983 75 .. 982 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 880 .. 883 75 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian .... 310 307 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 417 50 .. 417 50 Ditto to Barcelona LITERATURE. Italics, Brief Notes on Politics, People, and Places in Italy in 1864. By Frances Power Cobbe. One vol. pp. 525. Ttabunr and Co. "Descending from the Alps into Italy is always like passing from winter into summer,•' says the authoress of these Italian sketches. "Be the sea son what it may, we never fail to feel the same sense of coming into sunshine and into the freedom of outdoor life. The kindly courtesy of the people —that nation of born ladies and gentlemen—com pletes the transition, and we feel that we have left behind the atmosphere of black frosts, moral and physical, and may expand ourselves happily in a much milder medium." We have before now had occasion to commend the graceful style and pleasant manner , in which Frances Power Cobbe aerates to us her experiences of men and nations, and reveals to us her own predilections and preju dices thereupon. That same pleasant manner, and that same graceful style, pervade the large volume now before us, and also more vividly than ever the predilections and the prejudices of the fair authoress are here apparent ! Very rightly has she entitled her book Italics, for like the familiar emphasis with which ladies' epistles are proverbially under !ined, so throughout this volume, with its lively descriptions and picturesque details, the writer's own peculiar sentiments are sat forth in very unmistakeable Italics. Eccentric Personages. By W. Rassell, LL.D. Two vols. John Maxwell and Co. A singularly miscellaneous and attractive group has been here summoned together by the potent pen of Dr Russell. His chosen epithet of eccentric does but scant justice to the peculiar characteristics of the various individuals to which his book relates. They possess various degrees of interest and im■ portance, it is true—some are of world-wide cele brity, and others familiar as household words; all are, however, especially as they are here introduced, singularly attractive and delightful. First on the list is Monsieur de Docteur Devine, a Parisian physician of the last century. His story, with the mysttry of the murder and the clever divinations of the doctor, has all the fascination of a sensational romance, as for examp!e— SUSPICION " I was so restless, so perturbed, that, contenting myself with a glass of wine and a biscuit for dinner, I took my way to the deceased M. d'Estrees' domicile. I wished to speak with Mademoiselle Le Blanc, whom I had known in Havre de Grace. " As it happened, she was upon the point of leaving the house as I approached it. Our eyes met; she started; a visible terror shook her frame, and her face paled to the hue of marble. What might be the meaning of that ? Fanchette Le Blanc re• entered the hall, and sank down half fainting upon a seat. How,' said Ito Mademoiselle Le Blanc, does the sight of an old acquaintance alarm, ter rify you?' No—no,' she said, recovezing herself by a strong effort. ' What folly to suppose such a thing ! Seeing you, brought suddenly to mind the dreadful tragedy in ',which poor Madame d'Estrees is involved. Of course,' she added, with a glimmer in her glowing eyes, which I could but doubtfully interpret—' of course, I long since knew how much you adored—l mean, I felt interested in her welfare.' You knew the truth, Mademoiselle Le Blanc. Who indeed would not feel a profound interest in so charming, so amiable, so pure and innocent a being, and now especially ?' The glimmer in the fierce eyes brightened to a vivid flash, and her lip curled with a mocking expres sion, as she exclaimed, Innocent—innocent ! Well, I hope so. But youthful lovers seldom see stains or defects in their idol." That is not language, pardon me, made moiselle, to address to Eugene Devine at such a time. Has M. Edouard Cazl, 1 asked abruptly, seen Madams d'Estrees since her arrest—interested himself for her ?' ' Oh, no 1' was the reply, in as abrupt a tone as mine, whilst her oyes flamed, her checks flushed with what bore the expression of exultant scorn,—' oh no—assuredly not ' Yet ho was seen lurking ahout the place several days be • fore the catastrophe occurred.' ' That is exact,' said Le Blanc, the hot, colour in her cheeks fading again. He did not speak with Madame d'Estrees, I understand ?" I did not see him speak with her.' He came and spoke with you, Mademoiselle Le Blanc ?' bienl—yes. You are very inquisitive, M. Devine,' re torted the demoiselle, colouring again. ' Have you any serious question to ask me,' she added. If not, I moss make you my adieu ; I have business in Rouen." I will not detain you, Mademoiselle Le Blanc. Stay one moment. Edouard Cezo's father is a skilful—a very skilful herbalist. Do you think it possible that he may know the secret of making the vegetable poison called pare de successiois, and have--' Before I could finish the sentence, Fan chetto Le Blanc, who had risen, fell back into the seat, and fainted outright. There was a caraffo of water on a table in the hall, and I soon restored her to consciousness. Ano ther woman-servant appeared before I could again address her, and both entered the house together. A lighter interest attaches to other memoirs, con spicuous among which are those of Beau Brumnell, and his brother Beau, of Bath renown. In relating the witticisms of the former celeb►ity, Dr Russell very justly observes that the remark attributed to Oxenstiern of Sweden, " See with what little wis dom the world is governed," might be paraphrased, " See with what slender wit the world of fashion may be amused"— ecce signum. BEAU' BBIJIIMELL'S WIT, The very best witticisms recorded as the utterances of Georg 3 Brammell, in his time " the glass of fashion and the mould of form," and with which he set the mess table of the gallant Tenth in a roar, were sorry stuff, He had a slight cold, and on being asked how he ought it, said, " 35,881,722 86,058,001 -- And, as compared with the month ending the 17th Oct., 1863, the above returns show a decrease of £1,043,606 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £929,047 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue .... : ...................... . £1,040,351 The English " '—t-stock banks join are below their ie Eng _ fixed issue ................................ £310,421 Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,380,772 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,549,083 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £539,510 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 12th Oct. was £13,074,183, being an increase of £152,248 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £1 960,160 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,315,4 81 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks„ 2,036,562 £4,352,043 Being a decrease of £223,440 as comp are d with the previous return, and a decrea se of £94,075 when compared with the corresponding peri o d o f last year. THE PLANET MARS, says a weekly contemporary, arrives at perigree on t h e 24th and oppos i t i on on the 30th inst. Beari ng i n mind the very success f u l a tt ac k made upon it in 1862, we are glad to know that several observers, among th em Professor Phillips and t h e R ev . W . R. Dawes, are agai n engaged upon the s t u d y o f it s tele scopic appearance. There is no difficulty this year in re cognising the equatorial features sketched in 1858, but cm. sionally the planet itself has been in such a generally clouded state that these features were of the faintest. IVe shall endeavour to return to this subject ; in the meantime we recommend that all with telescopes of 5 inches and upwards in aperture should faithfully note the dark por tions of the planet, laying th e m down on a scale of 21 or 3 inches to the pla net ' s diameter, th e di rec ti on o f di urna l motion, with rega r d t o the features , an d th e ti me , b e i ng given with the most rigorous exactness. Mars's axial ro tation is so rapid that too much time should not be taken over one drawing. Of cuurso tho central meridian is the one to which attention should best bo directed. A NEW CONFED ERATE CRUISER.—We have much pleasure in being able to state that, almost at the same time that the Florida was treacherously seized in Bahia harbour, the Confederate flag was hoisted on a new cruiser at least the equal of the Florida in armament, speed, and general efficiency. The Shenandoah starts upon her career with every prospect of emulating the fame of her predecessors. She is commanded by Lieut. Waddell, Con federate States Navy, and a gallant staff of officers. Having received her crew and armament —everything, in fact, that constitutes her a belligerent vessel—on the high seas, far be yond anyneutral jurisdiction, there can fortunatelybo no pre tence of accusing her of any violation of municipal laws or international obligations. It is evident that Federal com merce is baulked of the expected reward of the murderous outrage in Bahia; for ulready the telegraph has advised us of the doings of no less than three Confe6 erste cruisers, the Tallahassee, the Chickamauga, and the Olustee, all of which have recently issued from their own ports and are busy at work avenging the Florida's fate. To this formidable liet of übiquitous enemies the New York Chamber of Commerce must now add a fourth; and CuAfedorate sympathisers, paraphrasing the familiar "Le col est mort—vive le roil" may exultingly exclaim—T:ae Florida P 3 gone—long live the Shenandoah I—lndex, went to Pietti's Hotel, and was shown into a room where there was a damp stranger." This sally convulsed the officers of the gallant Tenth. Again—this was after he obtained his captaincy—" Why, Captain Brummell, you surely are not off with charming Lady M---." "An ounce of civet, good apothecary," replied the incipient beau, who had probably read elegant extracts from Shakspere ; "an ounce of civet, good apothecary—l positively saw her eating cabbage 11" "But surely you, Captain Brummell, sometimes eat vegetables ?" said a somewhat gruff old major. "Yes, yes, major, yes—l once ate a pea." Having attained his majority, and come into possession of his inheritance, £30,000 or thereabouts, the principal having augmented during his minority, and there moreover being ugly rumours ghat that oven the Tenth Hussars might be ordered upon foreign service, George Brummell, who had a constitutional objection to expose himself to the action of that villanous saltpetre which ought never to hove been digged out of the bowels of the harmless earth, sold his commission and retired from the servica. George Brummell at once determined to cultivate " a life of pleasure"— Sybarite, Epicurean pleasure; therein being as one with his patron the Prince of Wales. That flowery path to ruin was gaily trod, Mr Brummell took a house in Chesterfield-street, furnished it in exquisite style, and forthwith devoted himself to the cultivation of society in "high life," and the best mode of tying white necker chiefs. He succeeded in both those grand objects of ambi tion to his heart's content. " I can stand," he boasted, "in the pit at the opera, and beckon to Lovain (Duke of Argyll) on one side, and to Villiers (Lord Jersey) on the other, and see them come to me." Fortunate Brummagem Beau Brummell I But the tie and set of the white necker chief was his America of discovery. The how and the why disturbed the peace and exercised the ingenuity of the whole fashionable world. Vainly he was importuned to disclose the wonderful secret. The oracle remained per sistently dumb. Not even to the Prince would he shed a ray of light upon that sacred mystery. It was only when hurriedly leaving England to avoid a debtor's prison that he vouchsafed to enlighten "high life" through the medium of his friend Lord Alvanley. " Starch is your man," ho wrote with a pencil, directing the scrawl to that nobleman. The Lord Alvanley was delighted, and gave in after years substantial proofs of his gratitude for so signal a favour. The " beau monde" participated in the enthusiasm of Alvanley at the solution of the grand secret. Such were your Gods, 0 Israel! And these Brummells, peers, princes, were contemporaries with the men who wrestled down the giant wars which for a quarter of a century had convulsed Europe I That Beau Brummell was the rage amongst the upper ten thousand is indisputable. No dinner, no ball, no assem bly was held to be complete if be were absent. Very care ful was he to preserve his exclusiveness. He recognised the peerage, but no other class of society, and like another Regency George the Fourth imposter, John Wilson Croker, affected to be ignorant that there was such a locality as Russell-square "within the confines of civilisation." Once, when remonstrated with by lie wealthy father of a young man whom he, Brummell, had helped to "pluck" at cards, he said, "Upon my honour, sir, I did much for your son. I once gave him my arm all the way from White's to Walters'. Think of that, sir 1" Conspicuous in this " Eccentric" gallery are Lady Hester Stanhope—perhaps the most ec centric of the group—the niece of Pitt and the recluse of Palestine; Christina of Sweden, Lady Wortley Montague, Dr Abernethy, Jonathan Swift, the Chevalier D'Eon, Philip Duke of Whar ton, Madame De Geniis, and innumerable others. From which epitome may readily be inferred what stores of amusement and information are here to be found. The style of the narrations, as may be seen from the above extracts is vigorous and exhilarating. The Backwoodsman; or, Life on the Indian Frontier. Eiited by Sir C. F. Wraxall, Bart. Cone Vol. pp, 428. Illustrated. John Maxwell and Co. Fall of vicissitude and adventure, full of peril and daring, are these very animated reminiscences of the Backwoodsman. Equal to Captain Mayne Reid in the reckless gallantry of his sporting ardour, almost equal to Baron Munchausen in the marvellous nature of his perillous adventures, is this denizen of the Backwoods, whose blockhouse was bnilt at the foot of a mountain chain of the Rio Grande, on the precipitous banks of the River Leone. Buffaloes, panthers, wild horses, bears, and other animals afford ample matter of interest and amusement to the sportsman and the reader varied with experiences of a more uncommon character, as, for example, the following encounter ot— TdUSTY AND THE ALLIGATOR. About ten o'clock I rode through a prairie which ran down to the Mustang, which here an insignificant stream flowed between high banks over loose pebbles, and was only deep at isolated spots. The prairie was covered with clumps of tall cactus and sunflowers, and I was riding between some of them when a large stag got up before me and stopped a little way ahead, I turned Czar half round and shot the stag, which fell, but got up again and ran off to the Mustang. As I saw that it was very sick, I sent Trusty after it, who soon disappared with it in a thicket, and I had scarcely reloaded when I hoard his hoarse bark and re cognised by its tone that he was occupied with something else than the stag. I went up the wood as fast as Czar could carry me, leapt off and ran through the bushes to the bank where I heard Trusty's voice. A mortal terror as sailed me on seeing Trusty in shallow water near a deep spot, with his left hind leg in the jaw of an alligator, whose skull he was smashing with his teeth, though this did not make it open its clenched teeth. I sprank at one bound into the river, in order to prevent the horrible brute from reach ing deep water, to which it was retreating, and was only a few feet from it. I sprang on the beast's back, held it be tween my knees tightly, and lifted it into the shallow water, while it lashedits tail madly. I now pulled out a revolver, held it against the hinge of the jawbone, and fired one bullet after the other till the bones were splintered and the lower jaw, fell off, Merating Trusty from his arrest. I examined him and found that hib leg bone was not in jure - 1, though the flesh had suffered severely ; at the same time he was losing much blood and appeared to be enduring great pain. The stag lay close to the scene of contest, co I drew it ashore and cut off the haunches ; then I fetched Czar, bound one of them on either side of saddle, packed a lot of bushes on the lot and spread my blanket over them, on which I raised Trusty, after I had bound up his wounds as well as I could with wet pocket handkerchiefs. Of a more melancholy interest is the following:— MR KREGER'S FATE, The sun had just risen over the horizon when we mounted and rode over the plain, after taking, with the help of the compass, the nearest direction to the forest rising in the blue distance above the wide prairie. According to my calcula tion, it was about ten miles off. The prairie was very flat, and only a few mosquito trees grew on it hero and there, which sufficed to estimate distances, for that is a difficult job without such marks. I told Kreger it would be better for us to push on, now the road was good, for a feeling of anxiety involuntarily oppressed me on this broad plain, where we could be so easily observed from the woods that formed a semicircle round it. I spoke to Czar every now 'and then, and we had nearly reached the middle of the prairie when my horse gave a start, and tried to break into a gallop. I attempted to pacify him, but he soon began snorting, and could not be held in. _ _ I had examined the prairie on either side of us, and when I looked behind, to my horror I saw a band of Indians coming after u 3 at full speed, in front of a cloud of dust. ➢ly next glance was at the forest ahead of us, to calculate how far it still was, and then my eyes fell in terror on the mule at my side. The band of Indians consisted of at least a hundred, and hence must belong to a powerful tribe, pos sessing the best horses and weapons. I turned deadly cold when I looked at Kreger, who as yet had no idea of our peril, and was carelessly whistling. I made the utmost efforts to remain quiet, or at least to appear so, in order not terrify my companion, and begged him to urge on his mule, while I loosed the rein of my snorting steed, and allowed it make a few forward bounds. Whether Kreger noticed a change in my countenance or voice I do not know, but he looked round, and noticing the approaching savages, with the ejaculation, " Great heavens, Indians l" he drove his enormous spurs into his mule's flanks, and pulled his bridle so tight, that the excessively sharp bit lacerated the wretched Lizzy's mouth. Kreger had turned deadly pale. He looked wildly around him, and showered blows with his whip on Lizzy's hind quarters. At his first movements I foresaw what would happen, and tried to make him understand that if he let go the reins Lizzy ivould be sure to follow Czar, and we should be able to reach the forest, where the Indians could not hurt us. lie did not hear—he did not see. A picture of horror, he stared fixedly before him, and Lizzy, putting her head be tween her legs, began kicking out behind. The danger grew every minute, for the yell of the cannibal horde, borne on the breeze, was already echoing in our ears. I rode up to Kreger and ti ied to drag the reins out his hand ; but it was of no use ; no prayers, no remonstrances, reachei his ear, It was almost impossible for me to hold Czar in any longer, for at one moment ho reared, at another bounded onward, The Indians during this time had drawn so near that I cuuld hear their several voices, and distinguish the bright colours with which their faces were painted. Our life was in the greatest danger. My horse was terribly excited, and any slip on his part would infallibly entail my death. Once more I shouted to Kreger to be reasonable, and let go the reins, but ho did not hear we. Minutes pressed. I let. Czar go, and flew like the wind away from the hapless man, who was left to his fate, and my staying longer would be of avail. I quieted my horse, and looked back at my unfor. tuuate ccmpanion. The horde was now close behind him ; in a second a dense cloud of dust surrounded him and the savages, while one yell of triumph,whose cause I ceuld guess only too well, reached my ears. I pressed closer to Czar, patted his neck, and away we flew like light. I looked round again; a dense mob of Redskins was after me, and by their inhuman yells they gave me to understand that I was to be their victim also. The illustrations of this book are very epirited. The subjects are, of course, taken from some of the 13 306 , exciting adventures, such es that of "Trusty e" the Alligator," above alluded to, " A Fight with Grizzly Bears," "Face to Face," the vis-a iisbeing the Sportsman and a Leaping Panther, u Buffaloes Crossing a River," " The Indian Camp," dile Jaguar Disturbed at Breakfast," and some others' Having said which, we need hardly add that the Back goodsman is a man of adventure, and his boot is full of attraction. The Autographic Mirror. L'Autographe 00°4 polite. Lithographed by Vincent Brown. It is only upon its being bound up into a resple° dent volume like this initial volume of Fac that we are enabled at last to realise the marvellot! interest of " The Autographic Mirror," or, as it Is more aptly called, according to is French title' L'Autographe Cosmopolite, as a substantive Pu b ' ' . cation. So enthralling a table book we cannot 11 0 call to our remembrance. The " curiosity" of it, a , a collection, is as a something wholly unprecedent ed ' And, looking at it purely as a curiosity, we ma9' lo far, quite confidently assert, according to the o ' ,d English " bull," that none but itself can be its P a ; rallel, that it is only to be matched by its immeth at c successor "Volume II.," the volume now in course ch periodical issue. In its serial form, it is unwieldy; and for that reason somewhat unsightly into t h bargain. But, now that a sufficiency of it has be, cll „, published to admit of its inaugurative volume bovs bound up independently, it assumes its placer 17/ , right of merit as well as of excellence, as a coin tion of autographs worthy of a place upon 0° library shelves or upon our drawing-room table Sovereigns, Statesmen, Warriors, Divines, 1-11 sf torians, Lawyers, have—among a multitude other and miscellaneous celebrities—contribut ed' with their own hands, it may fairly be said, to W e° wonderfully diversified pages. Here are reflection° of the veritable holographs of Literary, ScienO s Artistic, and Theatrical Notabiliti e s of vericela countries and of divers generations. l in t together with these facsimiles of the 8 0 handwriting of world famous men and won° most of them dead and gone, though many of the n : still happily in the land of the livin g , there et scattered up and down this volume at delightf ul if intervals—copies made with exqui sit a accuracy from original drawings—here introdu ce , by way of illustration. As many as nine cart ° , tures by Thackeray ! A.s many as seven by B °lei t i landson ! D'Orsay's sketch (from the life) of M r "...• Byron—John Leech's pencilling of " An Oss; dog by Sir David Wilkie ! Besides all W l3l° h ; we have here presented to our view, in amongst t '„( letterpress, vivid portraitures of Slaaksperef Goethe, of Stonewall Jackson, and of that greatest of all the soldiers of the Am er i ca n w ar , Ga er6l Robert Lee, the Conf e d er at e C o m man d er •in-Chi ef ' As to the contents of th e goo dl y vo l ume uv e t notice, when we come to examine it merely as a c c o lection of autographs, we might readily fill a 01 0 , or two with a simple d e fi n iti on o f th e cen trasti e : characteristics of the various contributions to e til bs initial volume of L'Autographe Cosmopolite. . 1 0 Rev. Sydney Smith's scrambling not e t o Dear O o f —, Louis Philippe's large-handed expression 4 sympathy to the Due de Montmorency—these I n6 e , off the collection by filling up the first P a gi Bulwer Lytton and Charles Dickens—Fechter n° o Edmund Kean—Lablache and G r i s i—Vi c t o r and Leigh Hunt—Cardinal Antonelli and F °l :4, Pius IX.—Sir Walter S co tt an d Si r 1)° ,.. Brewster—B. Disraeli and Lord P a lmerstoe, Meyerbeer and Mendelssohn—Orators and V et ir ' Kings and Musicians, Novelists and r °1 : 1 4 sophers are here clustered together in enthrel ll " oo confusion. And if we cannot actually look uP io their faces as reflected in this Mirror,we can there,of behold the shadowy " counterfeit presentment , 0 the handwriting of each—that handwriting Nv bi to is so conceived by some, and hardly, as it seer ns . us, extravagantly conceived, to be marvellously o dicative of the character of the writer—a veo tel ito d realisation of his distinctive idiosyncracy• A gether the volume is as elegant and attraoticia, gift-book as cculd reasonably have been hoped AA even in this age of elegant and attractive gift•b%ie —and one that, happily, makes its very seaeonE w t ., appearance just now—im me di a t e l y b e f ore the ) o ' l o day time and the long wi n t er even i ngs o f Christi:n ° /0 ' when works of this kind, that is to say, gift -b°° of an uiusual character, are the most acceptable' Mr, Charles Kean in California. SAN FRANCISCO, v et. to The long-expected theatrical event, the appearance °E ' Keane, marked an epoch in the drama's history atnell g i last night. The Opera House was densely crowded , °l i , - ( 1 seat, box, and foot of standing room, being occupied, P-10 many hundreds going away from the doors unable to gt1;10 admission. The play, "Henry VIII." was put uP° ll O l. stage with an eye clear to elegance and an ear deaf t° It has not often been presented at San Francisco, 1 111(1 ',,, - 0 0 1 the " Stars," was undoubtedly new to many. Such COo" 0 0 draw comparisons nor ima g in e c on t ras t s , b u t were gl icic oi rather than judges, studying the play as well as the act °ll ,' 8 0 almost of necessity, c o ld an d cr iti ca l. Y e t the strel i Poi• were graciously received, and evidently gained in th e c ol mation of the house until the fall of the curtain, whe n , a - GO , were called before it by a well pleased and satisfied all dw id The play, all who have read the text know, is a P r intr . work of art, but it has little in it to stir people te ev Bt' slums It is an exhibition of passions and plots, king, ll . ,l? rogance and brutal propensities; offset with priestly u": city, cunning, and ambition. There is neverthe les :ol l wonderful charm in the figures and language, which dekreil the intellect rather than touch the heart, and when t ilt by such masters of elocution as Mr and Mrs lietol 4 irresistible. To criticise these eminent artists "; 0 0 , seem like telling the world the qualities of cherd sv doel The public knows their reputation as it COI3. the flavour of Clicquot. The bubbles of this that , 1 0 . " sparkling and bright" to the surface, mark not 038 [00 ratter of the wine, more than do the clear interpreta'ap' of the meaning of the text as uttered by Ur and Mrs fr let t stamp the true artist. Their most striking points eee f be perfect elocution, showing an intimate knowledg e 43 : t ift spirit as well as words of the tExt, a thorough aPPt ec. :o o of what each scene and situation requires to rai' ,, t gref seeming appear the real life, appropriateness of P, °° ol l gesture, moti n, clear enunciation, passion where I ''lll' would assert its strength, pathos when the heart feel°' ro e, intellects travels with the sensibilities; Art and Ne ti ts°` hand in hand. As the Queen on her trial in the vindiet, pe r , her honour and the assertion of her dignity, as well 0 0 appeals to the justice of the brutal king, Mrs Kean ell e te ro the royal personage she represented—the proud digit het Ferdinand, no less than the woman and wife. 0 1 1 interview with the two cardinals, where the vg °l3 i l e ifiri suffers find eloquent expressions of denunciation, ° '', ° • c eu r by the reaction and eventual submission to the e d %eb the representatives of the Church, to whose authorit; had been educated to believe her obedience was du i e o 'O li excellence as a delineator of Nature was perfect. Ai r to manner, like that of his wife, is a delightful centres'. 0 or a storm style which so often on the stage tears a I ) B° lo o l to tatters. The excellent points he made were nie re ;o, - , than we have space or time to enumerate. In that pi 7 where as the Cardinal fallen from his high estate farewell to all his greatness, Sh a k s p ere hi m self foig il A t e rie%:i sat as an auditor, and found no f au lt w ith the re P- rio° g We have a word to sa y i n regar d t o Mayo's reli ci % King Harry. It w as a cre ditable personation ore", i reading, and make- u p. He committed one or to' e Al; Particularly in the scene where ho leaves the C A 7 1) 0 0 ,a anger—but, as a whole, he has reason to be were, with his effort last evening. Did not space P r ho rin' would be pleased to refer to the other characters in t"' They must form the subject of another notice. of c do o MR. SALA AND MR. DICKENS.—A (1 11 . - t i o r much interest to authors and the proPrie6fell3;-0 magazines and periodicals is likely to be brought law courts. A popular writer commenced a Seri° the pages of All the Year _Round. Some time ag ° ,:o siderable interval elapsed between the arrival of Berr, stalments, causing a serious interruption of a le g g ri publication. The public interest in the tale fle ce e - d:j began to A similar delay having again cee ll .,, rr o - P; editor placed the completion of the tale in the P h - pt e ! f another popular writer. After some two or three ci: i rit" o f this continuation had been published, the origi° c irca forwarded more MS., which, of course, under a le elf stances cannot be printed. So the matter is pe etl involved in law, both parties insisting upon t heir ge l re° righ T ts.— lie Reader. a tiO HE HYDE PARK SCULPTURES for th° 13 , 1 - te te Prince Consort Memorial have been detern3jae-eseetlA. i s to r ow; Baron Marochetti (according to the Reader) the statue of the Prince—and the four priaciPbeeo symbolising the four quarters of the world, 1161° lqr • cj ii e trusted to tho following sculptors :—Europel3p Macdowell, R A.—Asia, to Mr J. H. Foley , !.. l etlf ? f , to Mr W. Theed—America, to Mr J. 13411. ' 9 O 10 . ,0. groups, emblematic of Agriculture, Commeree't, C. sy B tures, and Mechanics, will be executed by Mr 17 .4 . shall, R,A., Mr J. Thorneycroft, Mr H. 1 1°- Mr J. Lawler. Mr W. H. Arrn stea d and ?d r will execute the bas-reliefs.